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A very RARE and beautiful book,1885 first edition..."Norwegian Pictures. Drawn with Pen and Pencil. Containing also a glance at Sweden and the Gotha Canal. With a map and one hundred and twenty-seven illustrations from sketches and photographs." Book in very good condition.

Travels, Geography, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Richard Lovett - Norwegian Pictures drawn with pen and pencil - 1885-27

This is a stunning First Edition copy of Lydia Hoyt Farmer's “The World's Famous Queens", published by Walter Scott in around 1896. The book is illustrated throughout with black & white engraved plates showing scenes and portraits. This copy has been very well cared for and it

Literature, Illustrated, History, Royalty, Military, Fine Bindings - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Hoyt Farmer - The World's Famous Queens - 1896

Beautiful copy of this classic work by Manly Palmer Hall. It is the 7th edition from 1975. Some wear to the cloth cover, but the book is in perfect condition. Name stamps on the title page.

Esotericism, Philosophy, Religion, History, Illustrated, Freemasonry - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book

Manly P. Hall - The Phoenix: An Illustrated Review of Occultism and Philosophy - 1975

Rev. G.R. Gleig.  Story of the Battle of Waterloo.  New York, 1847, First American edition. 

Small octavo, pages vi, 310, the title page printed in black and red,  top edge gilt, foxing throughout (some pages heavy, a few pages almost clear), but otherwise very firm, bound in an

Cavalry and chivalry, Europe, Fine Bindings, History, Military, Napoleon, War history - Quantity: 1 - Book

Rev. G.R. Gleig - Story of the Battle of Waterloo - 1847

Pages: [8], [5]-706pp, frontispiece, 53 plates, 9 maps (1 folding). 

Half leather binding with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Joints cracked, boards nearly detached, marks, scuffs and some chipping. Bookplate to front pastedown plus pencil note. Title page printed

Travels, History, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Edward Cavendish Drake - A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, From the Earliest - 1768

DESCRIPTION: I present at auction a GREAT CLASSIC of the grand epic of the New World: "HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO : with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican Civilization, and the life of the conqueror, HERNANDO CORTES", an indispensable classic for any traveling,

History, Travels - Quantity: 3 - Book

William H. Prescott - History of the Conquest of Mexico [Human sacrifices, engravings, maps, Americana] - 1847

Study of the famous Ottoman festival book made for the 1582 circumcision feast of Prince Mehmed, son of Sultan Murad III. 
Cover design copies the original binding in Topkapı Palace. Full-page miniatures with commentary.

Hardcover, large folio (approx. 48 × 35 cm), 136 pp.,

History, Royalty, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Slipcase - Book

Nurhan Atasoy - Surname-i Hümayun 1582: An imperial celebration. - 1997

This is a beautiful three volume collection of Macaulay's; "The History of England", printed by Tauchnitz in Germany. The book were published in 1849 and are bound in full leather with ornate gold tooling. These copies have been very well cared for and they remain in Very Good

Literature, History - Quantity: 3 - Book

Macaulay - History of England - 1849

"Lusitania".
Complete, rare, and historic set in two volumes of the British technical journal Engineering for the full year 1907 (Volumes LXXXIII and LXXXIV). These volumes contain the major original issues (notably August and November 1907) including the famous and richly

Science, History - Quantity: 2 - Coffee table book

Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal - Volumes LXXXIII & LXXXIV (1907 Complete) - Featuring the RMS Lusitania & Mauretania Technical - 1907

Verbael held by the Lords H. van Beverningk, W. Nieupoort, J. van de Perre and A. P. Jongestal, as deputies and extraordinary ambassadors of the Lords States General of the United Netherlands, to the Republic of England.

Wherein it was found at length that the Peace negotiations

History, Politics - Quantity: 1 - Book

H. van Beverningk (1614 - 1690) - Verbael gehouden door de Heeren der Vereenigde Nederlanden aen de Republyck van Engelandt - 1725

The lot contains:

1.
By a Russian artillery officer - History of Russia [for French youth] - Work containing 21 unillustrated plates by Antokolsky, Georges Becker, Caran d'Ache, N. Gritsenko & Serge de Savine - Paris, Ernest Flammarion Éditeur, 1895 - 1st edition – 2 pages +

History, Politics, War history - Quantity: 5 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Auteurs divers - Histoire de la Russie / History of Soviet Russia - 1895-1971

Murray's A Handbook For Travellers in Lower and Upper Egypt; Including Description Of The Course Of The Nile Through Egypt And Nubia. In Two Parts; this is Part I only. Sixth Edition. 33 Maps, Plans, etc. Slightly worn spine.John Murray, 1880.

Travels, Transportation, Topography, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

John Murray - Murray's A Handbook For Travellers In Lower and Upper Egypt (Part I) 1880 - 1880

First edition of Mottelay's definitive work on the history of electricity and magnetism, with an introduction by Silvanus P. Thompson and a preface by Sir Richard T. Glazebrook.

An important work of the history of science, organized chronologically and devoted to the development

Physics, History, Science - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Paul Fleury Mottelay - Bibliographical History of Electricity & Magnetism-First Edition - 1922

Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1751-1831). Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time. London, Richard Bentley, 1836, xii-440 pp., 391 pp., 435 pp.

3 volumes in-8 (230x145 mm), red half-leather with corners, ornately gilt spine, gilt top (bindings of the period). Slight signs of wear on

Literature, Politics, History - Quantity: 3 - Book

Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time - 1836

Nice lot of 3 works on the theme of East Africa:
The lot includes:
- GARLAKE Peter S. (1973) Great Zimbabwe. Thames & Hudson, quarto, 224 pp., hardcover with dust jacket.
A fine archaeology work enriched with 17 color plates, 133 monochrome plates and 29 drawings.
Copy in

Africa, History, Travels, Archaeology, Colonial history - Quantity: 3 - Book

Peter S. Garlake; G. T. Hutchinson & A. Gordon-Brown - Lot de 3 livres sur l'Afrique de l'est  : Great Zimbabwe / From the Cape to the Zambesi / The South - 1905-1973

T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") – Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (1935)

This volume represents the First Trade Edition (published by Jonathan Cape in 1935 for general circulation following Lawrence’s death earlier that year)

This specific copy boasts a unique

History - Quantity: 1 - Book

T.E. Lawrence - Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph - 1935

A very RARE and beautiful and interesting 2 volume set written by John Lloyd Stephens, 1839 tenth edition with additions..."Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia, Petraea, and the Holy Land by an American. With a Map and Engravings" published by Harper & Brothers. Original cloth

Islamic heritage, Geography, History, Travels - Quantity: 2 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

John Lloyd Stephens - Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia, Petraea, and the Holy Land by an American - 1839

"Scott's Last Expedition" by Captain R.F. Scott and arranged by L. Huxley - Smith, Elder, London - 1914 edition (Vol II first edition; Vol II fourth) - 20cmx15cm - condition: good, in original blue publisher's binding, with some rubbing to boards and some wear to spine, bookplate

Travels, History, Polar explorations - Quantity: 2 - Book

Captain R.F. Scott - Scott's Last Expedition - 1914

A very RARE and beautiful and interesting book "The Spell of Norway" written by Will S. Monroe. 1928 fifth impression. Book in like new condition!!!! Inside clean and complete, externally fine protected by ultra rare dust jacket in very good condition. Scarce!!!

Travels, Geography, History - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates, Dust jacket - Book

Will S. Monroe - The Spell of Norway - 1928

A publisher’s archive copy is extremely rare and appeals directly to specialized occult book collectors.
.***An unumbered review copy, a printer's overage copy, or a publisher's presentation copy.
Fine-press esoteric publishers like Hell Fire Club Books frequently follow standard

History, Esotericism - Quantity: 1 - Reference book

The Irwin Manuscript - The Grimoire of Honorius: The Irwin Manuscript - 2024

xviii, (ii), 285, 42, 10, 74, 44 pp. - renewed binding and endpapers.

Contents:
Part I.
Brief description and history of the city of Ephesus.
Excavations commenced: results to March 1864.
The Odeum explored: St. Luke's Tomb, etc.
The Great Theatre explored.
Public buildings of

Archaeology, History, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Wood, John Turtle - Discoveries at Ephesus: Including the Site and Remains of the Great Temple of Diana - 1877

Two Volumes - First Editions - The First Crossing of Greenland by Fridtjof Nansen. Published in 1890.

Both books in good condition. Some foxing in first pages and minor foxing on some other pages of the books but in very good order for age. Some damage to spine as shown. 

Travels, Polar explorations, History - Quantity: 2 - Fold out maps or plates - Biography

Fridtjof Nansen - The First Crossing of Greenland vol 1&2 - 1890-1890

From Julius Caesar to George II: Seventeen Hundred Years of English History in Pictures.
ABSTRACT.
Fascinating illustrated tenth edition, London 1742, of the famous history of England by William Howell, updated to the end of 1740. From Roman Britain and the Saxon invasions to the

History - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Howell - State of England - 1742

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